Employment Testing

question 198

Multiple Choice

Employment testing

• A) was declared illegal by the EEOC in 1989, because it was often used to discriminate against women and minorities.
• B) is legal, but is a very poor predictor of worker performance.
• C) should be directly related to the job.
• D) should focus on the most basic and general skills rather than on skills directly related to the job.

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Definitions:

Employee Involvement

The degree to which employees are encouraged to contribute ideas, input, and effort in decision-making processes and operational aspects of their work.

Decision Process

The series of steps taken by individuals or organizations to identify and evaluate options and make a choice among them.

Escalation of Commitment

A pattern of behavior in which individuals or groups continue to invest in a decision despite evidence of its ineffectiveness, often due to cognitive biases.

Intuition

A cognitive process that enables people to make decisions without the use of analytical reasoning.